TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government on Friday finalised a $117 billion supplementary budget for this financial year to fund a massive stimulus package, most of which ...

[TOKYO] Japan will likely increase issuance of short- and medium-term bonds to fund a massive stimulus package, sources told Reuters, as the government’s higher spending plan drew fresh warnings from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, former chief economist at the Institute of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Japan’s bond yields have been hitting decades-long highs. Its sharemarket is sliding. The yen is slumping. The country’s new prime ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended her 21.3 trillion yen (US$136.5 billion) stimulus package in parliament on Wednesday, telling opposition politicians the debt-fuelled plan was ...

Japan is in denial. For a long time, its long-term interest rates were very low despite its mountain of government debt, feeding the illusion that this was somehow normal. It wasn’t. Low yields were ...

Lallalit Srijandorn is a Parisian at heart. She has lived in France since 2019 and now becomes a digital entrepreneur based in Paris and Bangkok. GBP/USD is keeping its range trade intact below 1.3400 ...

In a country known for electing prime ministers who are mostly reticent on the global stage, Sanae Takaichi represents a distinct break from the past, and not only because she is the first woman prime ...

Japan's government bond yields have jumped to record highs. The spike comes after the government revealed its $110 billion stimulus package plan, challenging traditional economic expectations. This ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi refused Monday to withdraw her earlier remark that foreigners had kicked deer in Nara Park, saying she once personally warned an English speaker ...

More and more of Japan’s universities are moving toward teaching their classes in English — not just for those on exchange programs, but for domestic students. The University of Tokyo’s graduate ...